Looking Back - Topics from August, 2014

10 YEARS AGO
Four deputies from the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Department headed for South Florida to assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley. “They are going down there to assist law enforcement and to relieve other officers,” said Major. Ed Spooner, Director of Gadsden Emergency Management. “They will be gone for about a week.” The deputies were Billy Buck Hall, Sgt. Scott Ivey, Paul McMichael and Kenny Lewis.[Full Story »]

10 YEARS AGO
Customers in Havana had a new place to shop when Dollar General opened its new store located at 710 US Hwy. 27. A grand opening was held Saturday, August 21. The new 7,066-square-foot store employed approximately six to ten people.[Full Story »]

10 YEARS AGO
Senator Al Lawson and Representative Curtis Richardson presented Midway Mayor Delores Madison with a check for $150,000 for construction enhancements at the city’s Hill Top Park. The city received approximately 10 acres of land for the park from developers of the Hill Top subdivision. Plans called for a passive park with walking and nature trails, bike and exercise trails, plus some playground equipment.[Full Story »]

10 YEARS AGO
The man responsible for bringing Havana back to life in the mid 1980s died after a lengthy fight with cancer. Thomas Keith Henderson, 58, of Havana and St. George Island, died at Hospice House in Tallahassee. Henderson, owner of H&H Antiques,changed the face of Havana when he bought a block of vacant buildings in 1984 with his partner and wife, Lee Hotchkiss, and turned them, along with three other pioneering entrepreneurs, into attractive antique shops and galleries.[Full Story »]